canon powershot s3 sensor cleaning dust HOWTO

Anybody ideas how to get rid of dust in a Powershot S3 IS????

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[amigo2266]

Hi Sufdee,

meanwhile I spoke to Canon Repair Service. They said that there is no easy sensor cleaning for the S3. They would have to replace the whole optical unit (lense system + sensor) which will cost around 200€ which is definately not worth it. I will try to apply air pressure to test if I can blow away the dust.

Rgds,

Mike

[falcoltinnunculus]

sorry, my comments below belong together, but are posted upside-down.

[falcoltinnunculus]

I recommend this only if you dont care about this camera at all-have a newer one or a dslr and dont want to/are not able to sell it, or its value is lower than the repair cost.

I am in the state that my camera looks bad,with those naked parts and buttons barely wrking, but IS ABLE TO SHOOT PICTURES :)

[falcoltinnunculus]

glue the sensor to where it was,connect it to the motherboard,connect the boards with buttons to the motherboard (they are all flat connectors-only four in different parts of the camera at all-impossible to be mistaken). Fit the outer plastic to the buttons, put in some screws or use some glue and your camera will be ok hopefully.

I am in the state that my camera looks bad,with those naked parts and buttons barely wrking, but IS ABLE TO SHOOT PICTURES :)

[falcoltinnunculus]

(I think there won´t be any dirt on the sensor itsself, because it´s isolated from the environment - screwed and glued to the metal around and isolated from the lens by the filter). Yes, under the filter there´s just air and the lens, so this is where the dirt could theoretically be, but there is a chance that it is in the lens barrell and I did not open it at all during the modification of my camera,so this is where my help/guide ends.Then comes the assembling of the camera...

[falcoltinnunculus]

I only guess here, as I do not need this filter anymore (my reason for disassembling the camera was to remove it). So, if you managed to preserve this filter, you can clean it.

[falcoltinnunculus]

then you will see the sensor,being held by three screws, but the screws are glued to the metal around the sensor...it might be possible to melt the glue, but I just drilled them out. Right under the sensor, there is a square piece of blue glass-the low-pass filter,but it is a problem to get it out,because it gets damaged easily I think.

[falcoltinnunculus]

you can disassemble the camera until you get to the sensor...start on the back, screw out what´s possible but remember how you act or take photographs as you do it...some screws are hard to get out of the plastic (I had to drill some out) When you get in,you take away the first board with buttons,the upper part with zoom lever and shutter-release etc,do everything to get to the sensor...

[MrPlaystationboy]

your dust must be on the glass at one of the lenses in the camera thats why it dosent move when you zoom

[MrPlaystationboy]

i have a canon powershot sx210is and it apears that i have hair on my sensor its a dark curve on the bottom left of the screen